Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Nov 3, 2009
                
                
                
                    CHRISTIAN GROWTH LIKE A GARDEN
I’ve spent some time lately in the veggie garden; I enjoy the sights and sounds of the garden growing. The beans quietly stretching up through the soil, the tomato plant as it battles against the spring cold with its occasional dash of yellow that may grow into a
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012
                
                
                
                    CONFINED CHRISTIANS
I met a young man not long ago who dives for exotic fish for aquariums. He told me that one of the most popular aquarium fish is the shark. He explained that if you catch a small shark and confine it, it will stay a size proportionate to the aquarium you put it in. Sharks can
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    "Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is
                    
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                    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011
                
                
                
                    WHEN A CHRISTIAN GROWS
Dr. Bonar once remarked that he could tell when a Christian was growing. In proportion to his growth in grace he would elevate his Master, talk less of what he was doing, and become smaller and smaller in his own esteem, until, like the morning star, he faded away before the
                    
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                    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 13, 2009
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    PRAYER AND GROWTH
There is a type of bamboo in Asia which grows to amazing heights and at amazing speeds - sometimes as much as 20 metres in six weeks! However, before that growth spurt, the seed lies in the dark beneath the ground for up to 5 years. Those farmers who make a profitable living from
                    
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                    Contributed by Stephen Evoy on May 11, 2008
                
                
                
                    GROWTH TYPES
George G. Hunter III has a shrewd mind after God's heart, and he has identified several areas of growth that must all occur in a working church:
   
   - Internal Growth:  this kind of growth takes place 
     in the lives of people who are already coming to 
     the church.  When
                    
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                    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Apr 20, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    An Indian Christian, Sandhu Singh, made a perceptive statement when he said, "One day I was sitting on the banks of a river.  I took from the water a round stone and I broke it.  Inside it was perfectly dry.  That stone had been lying in the water for a long time but the water had not penetrated
                    
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                    A lot of Christians have a tendency to think that --- even though it was God’s Grace and Mercy that saved us --- now that we are saved, it’s all up to us to get on with the business of struggling to “live the Christian life” on our own power.  We rev up our own dedication, will power, grit, and
                    
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                    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 21, 2005
                
                
                
                    A Christian of years ago put it this way, “Many experience displeasure when they see others in possession of spiritual goods.  They feel sensibly hurt because others surpass them on this road, and
                    
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